I should have known you’d ask that. 🙂 Now I have to think of an answer. Calling solitude a religion was one thing I found interesting. I like solitude. But I don’t consider my mind to be either powerful or original. I wonder if Huxley was thinking of himself when he said that. It strikes me as a somewhat arrogant statement. On the other hand, I might be totally off base, here. 🙂

Emily Dickinson wrote some fine poems on solitude. Perhaps Jesus’ use of solitary prayer as a means to maintain His connection with the Father is a better understanding? I mean, after all, Jesus’ mind is the most powerful and original mind around. Yes? Thanks Jeff. – Jane

Jane’s Words Month by Month

“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.”
– Salman Rushdie

“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
– Umberto Eco

“Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.”
– William Golding

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
-- Dr. Seuss